Non-refillable bottle



F. RUSTANT. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16I 1920.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

FERDINAND RUSTANT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Application filed March 16, 1920. Serial No. 366,295.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND RUSTANT, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to nonrefillable bottles, and has for its objectthe improvement of the construction of a bottle that will cilicientlyprevent the fraudulent refilling of the bottle but will permit thebottle to be emptied of its contents after it has been rightfullyfilled.

Another object of the invention is the improvement of the constructionof valve devices mounted in the neck of a bottle, which valve devicescooperate for the prevention of fraudulent filling of the bottle butpermit the bottle to be emptied of its original contents.

lVith these and other objects in view, my invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter specifically described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a bottle neck constructed inaccordance with the present invention, showing the valvedevices therein,while---- 7 Fig. 2 is asectional view taken on line 2-2, Fig. 1, lookingin the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33, Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on line 4-4, Fig. 2, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, fragmentary, sectional view of the auxiliaryvalve device, while Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the auxiliary valvedevice.

Fig. 7 is a view in side elevation of the primary sphere or ball.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the sliding weight.

Referringto the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the body of thereceptacle or bot- 5, 6, and 7 constitute a peculiarly-shaped liquidpassage, and I use the term liquid passage in the appended claims todesignate the canal or passage whereby the liquid may be discharged fromthe body 1. r

In the bottle neck 2, I form a comparatively large pocket 8 at the innerend of the passage portion 3, or the end of said passage portion 3thatmight be termed the top with'respect to the normal position of thebottle. it Communicating with this pocket 8 is a series of auxiliarysphere or ball-receiving sockets 9, preferably four in number, and atthe central portion of pocket 8 is a depending extension 10 which actsto direct the auxiliary spheres or balls 11 to their seated positionwithin the sockets 9, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The primary crystal sphere or ball 12 is larger than the auxiliary balls11, and'this ball 12 is free to travel a slight distance in the upperpart of the passage portion 3. At opposite sides of the passage portion3.are weight-engaged slots 13, which slots 13 receive the ends 14 of thesliding weight 15. The weighthas an extension 16, flat upon its outerface, which engages the bottom? of the primary ball 12, to force theball quickly upward or outward, when it is desired to pour liquid fromthe bottle, which weight causes the ball 12 to positively move to thedotted position shown in Fig. 1, thereby permitting liquid to pass fromthe passage portion 3 into the passage portion 4 and thence through theother portions of the liquid passage to the outer atmosphere.

The weighted or auxiliary balls 11 will act upon the primary ball 12 toforce it down to its seated position as shown in Fig. 1, as soon as thebottle is slightly tilted in either direction; it will be understoodthat all of the balls 11 are not acting on the ball 12 at the same time,but by reason of nesting several balls 11 around the primary ball (seeFig. 3), at least one is ready to strike and engage and hear upoii thehall 12 as'siion as the bottle is slightly tilted from a verticalposition.

The sliding weight 15, the primary hall 12, and the auxiliary balls 11,together with thepeculiar construction of the pocket 8, centraldepending portion 10, and the sock ets 9,constitute a primary valvedevicein my non-refillable bottle, and now I will proceed tospecifically describe the auxiliary valve device:.

The auxiliary valve device comprises an elongated pocket 17substantially parallel with the passage portion 3, and in this pocket 17is slldably mounted the valve frame 18, which frame 18 is provided withan outlet opening 19, and .on the inner end of'the opening 19 a shoulder20 (Fig, 5) is formed, and within the lower end of opening'19, at 21,is, hingedly or pivotaliy mounted the flap valve or gate 22, which valve22 Will close the opening 19- when liquid is fraudulently beingattemptedto be passed through the liquid passage into the body-of thebottle. The valve 22 will readily open when thecontents of the bottleare being discharged through the passage, but

when an attempt is made to fraudulently fill the bottle usually byinverting the bottle, then the valve frame slides down and the upper end.18 enters the socket 23 (Fig. 1).

If the bottle is retained in its vertical position (Fig.1), andliquidisendeavored to be'fraudulently forced into the body through thepassage, then the primary valve '12will prevent this by remaining seatedin the passage portion 8, closing the entire passage,

asshowin'the auxiliary weighted balls ll Causing the primary ball tomove to its :losed position,- as hereinbefore specifically pointed out.

" It is to beunderstood that the spheres or ball may be formed of'different. mater1'al,and suitably covered or coated to prevent theliquid contained'in the bottle from injuring the same orl'corroding, andthe partsrof'thefauxiliary valve device can he formed of suitablematerial to make same positive in operation. Therefore, I reserve theright to make such alterations and changes in the manufacture orconstruction of "my nonrefillable bottle as will appear to one skilledin the art to which thisinvention relates, which alterations or changesshall fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

1 What I claim is: .7 V 7 a 1. In a nonrefillahle bottle, thecombinaneck provided with oppositely-positionedslots opening into saidpassage, a sliding weight having its ends seated in said slots providedwith a flat extension adapted to engage said ball for movingthe ball toan open position, and means carried by the neck and freely movable inthe passage-for engaging the'ball for returnin the same to its normalseated position, after the hall has been moved to its normal openposition by said sliding weight.

2. In a nonrefillable bottle, the combination of a bottle neck providedwith a liquid passage, said neck provided with an elon gated pocket anda socket in alinement with the pocket, a sliding valve frame in thepocket adapted to have its outer end rest in the socket, said valveframe provided with an opening and a shouldered portion formed in theframe at oneside of the opening, a valve hingedly mounted in the frameat the opposite side of the opening and the valve adapted to have oneedge seated in the shouldered portion, and primary valve means in theliquid passage for normally closing the same.

3. 'In a nonrefillable bottle, the combination of a neckprovided with aliquid passage, a primary valve devicein said passage and including aprimary hall and a plurality of auxiliary balls, and an auxiliary valvedevice working in said passage and including a sliding frame providedwith a valve, the valve to open within the passage for allowing liquidto flow out through the bottle neck, but the valve to close to pre ventfraudulent filling of the bottle.

- at. Ina nonrefillable bottle, the comhination of a neck provided'witha liquid pas sage, said neck provided with means for V FERDINAND.RusTANr;

